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UJobe Uyaphendula
1 UJobe wasephendula wathi:
2 “Sengezwa izinto ezinengi ezifana lalezi;
lingabaduduzi ababi lina lonke!
3 Zizaphela nini inkulumo zokubhuda kwenu lokhu?
Kuyini okulihluphayo laphikelela nje lidaza inkani?
4 Lami bengingakhuluma njengani
aluba yini elisesikhundleni sami;
ngabe ngikhupha inkulumo ezimnandi ngilisola
ngize nginikine ikhanda lami.
5 Kodwa umlomo wami ngabe uyaliqinisa;
induduzo yezindebe zami idedise inhlungu zenu.
6 Kodwa nxa ngikhuluma, ubuhlungu obukimi kabudedi;
loba ngingaze ngithule, kabupheli.
7 Ngeqiniso, Nkulunkulu, usungiqede amandla;
usuyitshabalalisile yonke imuli yami.
8 Usungibophile sekuyibo ubufakazi balokho;
lokucikizeka kwami kuyakhula kungilahla.
9 UNkulunkulu uyanginxwanela angidlikize ngolaka lwakhe,
angigedlele amazinyo;
isitha sami singinyonkoloze ngamehlo ahlabayo.
10 Abantu bavula imilomo yabo bengihoza;
bangimakala esihlathini bengihlambaza
babambane bangihlanganyele.
11 UNkulunkulu usenginikele ebantwini ababi
wangiphosela ezandleni zezigangi.
12 Konke kwakukuhle kimi, kodwa wangibhidliza;
wangixhakalaza ngentamo wangichoboza.
Usengenze ngaba yinto yakhe yokunenjwa;
13 abacibi bemtshoko bakhe bangihanqile.
Ungiciba izinso zami engelazwelo
achithele inyongo yami phansi.
14 Ungisukela njalonjalo;
angidumele njengebutho.
15 Sengithungele isembatho sesaka emzimbeni wami
ngathukuza ibunzi lami othulini.
16 Ubuso bami sebubomvu ngokukhala,
amathunzi anzima ahonqolozela amehlo ami;
17 kodwa izandla zami kaziluqhelanga udlakela,
lomkhuleko wami uhlanzekile.
18 Awu mhlaba, ungaligqibeli igazi lami;
sengathi lokukhala kwami kungaze kwacitshwa lanini!
19 Lakhathesi ufakazi wami usezulwini;
umeli wami uphezulu khonale.
20 Umeli wami ngumngane wami
nxa amehlo ami empompoza inyembezi kuNkulunkulu;
21 uyamncengela umuntu kuNkulunkulu
njengomuntu encengela umngane wakhe.
22 Kusasele iminyakana engemingaki
andubana ngiye lapho kungabuywa khona.”